Difference between revisions of "Bureau"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_96157" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_96157" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture. </p> <p> (2): (n.) Hence: A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the direction of a chief. </p> <p> (3): (n.) Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers. </p> <p> (4): (n.) The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) Hence: A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the direction of a chief. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_69955" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_69955" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 17:01, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture.
(2): (n.) Hence: A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the direction of a chief.
(3): (n.) Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers.
(4): (n.) The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A name given to a department of public administration, hence bureaucracy, a name for government by bureaux.
